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judgment call — judgment calls N COUNT If you refer to a decision as a judgment call, you mean that there are no firm rules or principles that can help you make it, so you simply have to rely on your own judgement and instinct. Well, physicians make judgment… … English dictionary
judgment call — UK US (UK also judgement call) noun [C] ► a difficult decision that someone must make: »Investors have to make a judgment call on how much risk they are willing to accept … Financial and business terms
judgment call — judgment ,call noun count a decision in which there is no definitely right or wrong answer and that you therefore have to use your own judgment to make … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
judgment call — n. a ruling or decision on a matter that is, typically, not straightforward but that depends upon the judgment or evaluation of someone, as an umpire … English World dictionary
judgment call — 1. Sports. an observational ruling by a referee or umpire that is necessarily subjective because of the disputable nature of the play in question, and one that may be appealed but not protested, as opposed to a matter of official rule… … Useful english dictionary
judgment call — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms judgment call : singular judgment call plural judgment calls a decision in which there is no definitely right or wrong answer and that you therefore have to use your own judgment to make … English dictionary
judgment call — noun a) A ruling by an umpire, referee, or similar official during a sporting event, based on his or her perception of events and in the absence of any objective measurement. The rookie outfielder was … Wiktionary
judgment call — judg′ment call n. 1) spo a decision made by a referee or umpire in a sporting event that is based on personal observation of a disputed play 2) any subjective or debatable determination • Etymology: 1840–50 … From formal English to slang
judgment call — noun Date: 1847 a subjective decision, ruling, or opinion … New Collegiate Dictionary
(a) judgment call — American a decision someone has to make using their own ideas and opinions. It s a judgment call do we go by plane or risk taking the car to the conference … New idioms dictionary
